Tradeoff - Money for Fish

As I get older I seem to become more concerned about what is left on this earth when I leave. Mining company owners have said they are prepared to spend more than a billion dollars to develop this property. No doubt they see enormous profits for them and their stockholders. I can't believe we as a nation won't oppose this proposal with vigor.

Alaskan economy faces a fork in the river - Los Angeles Times: "Opponents say a proposed Pebble mine would destroy one of the planet's last sustainable fisheries, dry up spawning streams, and poison lakes and groundwater with acid runoff. Biologists have found that salmon's genetic radar, which enable the fish to return from the bay to the very streams where they were spawned, can be ruined by microscopic particles of copper dust."